Author: KarinsDad
Date: 13:36:46 05/02/00
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On May 02, 2000 at 15:18:54, blass uri wrote: >On May 02, 2000 at 14:25:38, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On May 02, 2000 at 09:07:42, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: >> >>> >>>In my set of tactical test positions there is the following example: >>> >>>[D] 2rqk2r/pb1nbp1p/4p1p1/1B1n4/Np1N4/7Q/PP3PPP/R1B1R1K1 w k – bm Rxe6 >>> [snip] > >After >1.Rxe6 fxe6 2.Nxe6 Qa5 3.Bxd7+ Kxd7 4.Nec5+ Ke8 5.Qd7+ Kf7 6.Nxb7 Rc7 >white is losing and white has no logical alternative to avoid this line after >1.Rxe6 except 2.Bh6. > I do not get why the following is not a logical alternative. 1.Rxe6 fxe6 2.Nxe6 Qa5 3.Bxd7+ Kxd7 4.Nec5+ Ke8 5.Qd7+ Kf7 6. Bh6+ Kf7 7. Ne6 threatening 8. Ng5 Qxg5 9. Bxg5. Now, black can probably escape this, but his king is fairly exposed. And granted, this is many ply down, so hard to see for a program, but quite a few of these moves are basically forced, so I would think that extensions would be in order. Is there something I am missing? KarinsDad :)
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